- Safiu Kehinde
A lone survivor has been rescued from the tragic Air India plane crash.
NPO earlier Reported that the London-bound Air India plane conveying 242 people crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, western India.
The Flight AI171 was travelling from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick.
While over 200 victims have been feared dead, Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik tells news agency ANI there is one survivor, who is in seat 11A on the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner flight.
Speaking to ANI, Malik says the survivor “has been in the hospital and is under treatment”.
According to the BBC the flight manifest shared earlier by authorities lists the passenger in seat 11A as Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national.
Indian media say they’ve spoken to Vishwash in hospital. He shared his boarding pass which showed his name and and seat number.
They reported him saying: “Thirty seconds after take-off, there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed. It all happened so quickly.”
Commissioner Malik told ANI the survivor “has been in the hospital and is under treatment”.